Diamond Park

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Diamond Park
Diamond Park
Interactive map of Diamond Park
Location Edmonton, Alberta
Coordinates 53°32′12″N113°29′32″W / 53.536584°N 113.492095°W / 53.536584; -113.492095
OwnerFrank Gray [1]
Capacity1500 [2]
Construction
Broke ground1906
Built1907
OpenedMay 29, 1907 (1907-05-29) [2]
Construction cost$6,000 [2]
Tenants
Edmonton Eskimos 1909–1911, 1914, 1919–1921, 1922
Edmonton Gray Birds 1912–1913

Diamond Park was a 1,500-seat baseball stadium located in Edmonton, Alberta. A covered grandstand provided 500 and bleachers down the first-base line had 1,000 more seats. [2] Constructed by a local businessman Frank Gray, who was also Edmonton's baseball club director, in 1907. [2] Home to the Edmonton Eskimos baseball team (from 1909 to 1914, 1919-1921 and 1922), it was located on the Ross Flats below the Hotel Macdonald. [3] The park is still known as Diamond Park and has a shaled-infield ball diamond, [4] but the stands are gone, likely since 1935 when nearby Renfrew Park was built and replaced Diamond Park as Edmonton's main ball park.

References

  1. ↑ Aubrey, Merrily K. (2004). Naming Edmonton: from Ada to Zoie . Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p.  73. ISBN   0-88864-423-X.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Ducey, Brant E. (1998). The Rajah of Renfrew: the life and times of John E. Ducey, "Edmonton's Mr. Baseball". Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: University of Alberta Press. p.  44. ISBN   0-88864-314-4.
  3. ↑ Person, Dennis; Routledge, Carin (1981). Edmonton:Portrait of a City. Edmonton: Reidmore. p. 87. ISBN   0-919091-05-9.
  4. ↑ "Ball Diamonds: Premier Diamonds". City of Edmonton. Retrieved 16 December 2015.